I put that letter into an online tool that calculates reading levels. The tool said it was written at a college level. That means it was written for people who are 21 or 22 years old. The list of "hard words" was really long. It included words such as "democratizing," "conundrum," "theorizing," and "marginalized."

Maybe that is OK. After all, this is a conference for researchers. And that letter is easier to understand than things like: "Epistemic and Self-Efficacy Beliefs for Personalized Learning With Technology."

Also, who am I to talk? Most of the stories I write for Education Week are written at an 11th or 12th grade level. They use big words, too. They have sentences with lots of confusing clauses, too.

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